Dr. Jameca Cooper explains how to spot histrionic personality disorder in text conversations. Watch for three signs: they shift attention back to themselves, display dramatic emotions, and constantly seek approval through likes and comments.
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Hi, I'm Dr. Jameca Cooper, and today we are going to talk about what to do if you're texting a histrionic, otherwise texting with a person that suffers from histrionic personality disorder. Before you do anything, make sure you subscribe to this channel. So I want to make sure that you understand there are 3 different things you need to be aware of. So 3 things how to know if you're texting with someone that is histrionic. One way to know is if the attention shifts back to that person. So how would you know that in a text conversation? One of the ways that you would know is let's just say, for example, you said something like, I've had a really rough day today, and in a text message. And unless the response is something like, "Tell me about your day," or "What happened?" Instead, if you're texting with a person that suffers from histrionic personality disorder, the response is gonna be something like, "Oh, well, I had an even worse day today," or, "You just wouldn't believe how rough my day was. It was just bad." Those are the types of responses you would get from someone who suffers with histrionics because Yes, they want to shift the attention back to themselves. So what is another way that you will be able to tell if you're texting with someone that suffers from histrionic personality disorder? A dramatic display of emotion. And I know if you look at some of my other videos, I talk about some of the symptoms and criteria for histrionics, but one of those is definitely the dramatic displays of emotion. So what you might get on the other end of the text line is a person who might text you something at the end of the day and say, "I could just die, my day was so horrible." And then if you inquire and probe a little bit more about what made their day so horrible or what makes them want to die, they can say something as simple as, "I spilled coffee on myself." So definitely not a reason to have a horrible day, definitely not a reason to say that you wanna die, but a person who suffers from histrionics would definitely dramatize everything that they say so it's bigger. It's larger, it's more important, it's more serious than it really is. So a person who's had a day like that might easily say, I want to die, or I want to kill myself because of X, Y, and Z. X, Y, and Z being something that's not very serious. And another way that you will be able to tell if you are texting with someone that suffers from histrionics is if the person is constantly seeking approval in the text conversation. So ways to notice that would be responses and statements like, did you look at my post today? Or did you notice my picture or my post on social media? I noticed you didn't like it. I noticed you didn't make a comment about it. That would be someone who is trying to get more and more attention. They're wanting you to notice them. They're wanting to get your approval on their social media. And those type of things would matter to a person that suffers from histrionics. Now, to a person that does not suffer from histrionics, those type of things usually would not matter. So again, 3 things. Hopefully you got what those 3 things are. You definitely want to pay attention to these signs if you're texting, communicating with someone that you might have just met, someone that you might have just started dating, someone that you have not met in person. These are some of the signs and red flags you will be looking for to tell if this person might need a little bit more attention than the average person or might suffer from histrionic personality disorder. So thanks for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe to this channel and watch the other videos having to do Histrionic Personality Disorder. And again, I'm Dr. Jameca Cooper.
